Impaired consciousness in ancient medical texts /

"Employs a contemporary medical perspective to explore ancient ideas about the workings of the body, the soul and the mind -which underpin the notion of consciousness- challenging, thereby, some established ideas about mental illness in antiquity. All the ancient texts are translated and the th...

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Main Author: Pelavski Atlas, Andrés Diego (Author)
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2026.
Series:Cambridge classical studies.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"Employs a contemporary medical perspective to explore ancient ideas about the workings of the body, the soul and the mind -which underpin the notion of consciousness- challenging, thereby, some established ideas about mental illness in antiquity. All the ancient texts are translated and the theoretical concepts clearly explained"-- Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
ISBN:1009616579
9781009616577
DOI:10.1017/9781009616577